Hermitage 3, 022

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211843

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211843.

Transliteration

3(ban2) kasz
2(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 ninda
sa2-du11 u4 5(disz)?-kam
lu2-szul-gi sukkal lugal
udu zu2-si#?-sze3 [du-ni]
5(disz) sila3 kasz
2(disz) sila3 ninda
4(disz)? gin2 i3
lu2-nig2?-su sukkal
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 022. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211843) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211843..

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